The Sun. — London, England, 1838-09-04 00:00:00

GUILDHALL-(THIS DAY.) Four persons named Moore, Harvey, Stiles, and Jones were convicted for a month for having been engaged in attempt ing to pick a woman's pocket last night in Smithfield. J. Wilson and J. S. Smith were brought up under the fol lowing circumstances : Mrs. Wilson, who keeps a public house in the Cloth Fair, stated that between one and two o'clock this morning as her niece, and her sister.in-law, were going to bed, they tnetthe t,A 0 prisoners corning down st a i rs . O ne o f t h em was seized by the niece and herself, and the other by her husband. On into the bed-room witness found a drawer open, but nothing had been removed, es the prisoners had been dis turbed in their operations. Three witnesses were called to corroborate the evidence given by the complainant. The prisoners, who denied having been up stairs at all, were then remanded till Thursday. Several persons were committed for trial, and others re manded for picking pockets in the fair. BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) A lady's shoemaker, named Henry Crow, was charged by James White, of Bedfordbury, with stealing a pair of lasts from his shop. It appeared that the prisoner called upon the complainant, with whom he was in the habit of dealing for articles connected With his trade, to purchase lasts, and after selecting five pair, he said none of them would suit him. He was about to leave the shop when the complainant was engaged in serving a customer; but upon the bar , which be carried being searched, the pair produced was found, " and he was instantly given into custody. The prisoner in his defence said he bought the articles from the complainant's wife, and before he had time to get the money out of his pocket to pay for them he was given into custody. Mr. MALLARD, a County Magistrate, who sat for Mr. Min shell, ordered him to be sent to hard labour for fourteen days. Frederick Saulford, of Fetter-lane, was charged by Knight, a constable of the F division, with committing an unprovoked assault upon him, under the following circumstances : The complainant stated, that on seeing a crowd collected at Charing-cross, yesterday evening, about six o'clock, he went to see what was the matter, and found a man in possession of a jackall. The prisoner was speaking with the man, and on seeing the complainant, he asked him what affair was it of his, desiring him to go on about his business; at the same laying hold of the chain, and dashing the animal at him. Fortunately, however, the jackall was muzzled, which pre vented it snapping ; and as it was thrown the entire length of the nhain, the complainant received a severe blow on the side. ,In answer to the charge, the defendant said he committed tae offence without any intention of doing harm, and he was ordered to pay a fine Of 205., or go to prison for fourteen days. Mary Carter, a charwoman, was remanded on a charge of Stealing a quantity of plate, in conjunction with Mary Anne Mass, at present in custody, which has been found pledged at several pawnbrokers' shops, the property of Mr. Perkins, of Boswell -court, in whose service the last-named prisoner has been Charl es M'ac . alpine, No. 10, Sloane-street, Chelsea, was charged b y consta b le Hornsby with b e i ng d run k i n t h e Strand last night, and assaulting him in the execution of his duty. It appeared that the defendant had a quarrel with a cab riolet driver, and on the complainant interfering, he be came riotous and disorderly, and committed the assault com plained of. The defendant did not deny that he had indulged rather freely in his potations, but had no recollection of having com mitted the assault, and after paying the drunkard's fine, and 40s. for the assault, he was ordered to be discharged. L LOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) DEAL, S EPT. 3.— Wi n d S. W., fine.—Came down from the Rler and proceeded, the James M'lnroy, Cleland, for the Cape of G oo d H ope ; T om an d J essee, H en d erson, f or Leg 'urn. Arriv e d and proceeded for the River, the William Glen Anderson, Laing, from America. PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 3. Wind N. N.W. to W., fine.— Passed by the Fate, from Dantzic; Maria, Ball, from Ham burg. Sailed the Stratford, Lane, for the Mauritius ; Lively, Stevenson, for Riga. The Harriet, Bertram, for Constanti nople, Navin? been laid on the mud, and the copper turned bc about four feet below the water-line abaft, the leak was discovered, by a treenail being left out under the main tram ". The necessary repairs having been done, she is per- Ire etlY tight, and has proceeded on her voyage. PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 3.—Wind E.—Arrived the Elizabeth, Batty, from A rc h ange l ; M ars hal Blucher, Johns, from Ham burg. ~ Sa i l e d t h e Sil v i a , H oo per, for Quebec. AL MOUTD, SEPT. °.--Wind N., fresh breezes and Mackintosh, fl ne. pxrived the Stephen, Crap, from Pictou ; Lily, ra ni Taganrog • Royal Tar steamer, from Gibraltar and Ne4tdiz—left on the 24th . ult., kisbon 28th, and Oporto and 'go on the 29th. Arrived off port the Tancred, Crosby, "N r v o a ni rre S n t :f L ro u in cia H ; am N b e u w ra bi . irn, Roxby, from Odcsssa ; Carleretta, LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 3.—Wind W., light.—Arrived the Ar- W , Mearach, from Cadiz ; Salome, Gilbert, from Onega ; [ne, Graham, from Pillau. Arrived off port the Jamaica, -4 . o "l 4 a , r naioa. Sailed the EbrO, for Havannah ; Highlander, Y r o -r 'ste • Bliss, for Quebec ; Scotland, for New Br u r n k i L. l t i aPld. for Henry - Demerara ; Glasgow, for St. John's, New 13,h i " e 4; Albion, for Miramichi; George and Mary, for a ;. and the Osprey, for Bombay. The Churchill, from atertoid, pat in here very leaky, and with loss of rudder, 4 n having 133,..n on Burbo Bank. The Dryad, bound to Sin gapore, i 3 telegraphed as having put :intolAmlwch. This is supposed to be a itistake, and that it will prove the Congress, from Quebec, bound to that port. PORTLAND, SEPT. 3.—Arrived off port the Lipton, Miller, from Pictou ; City of Durham, from Miramichi. SOUTHAMPTON, SEPT. 3.--Arrived the Favourite, Wake, from Onega. PooLE, SEPT. 3.—Arrived David and Robert, Pent, Riga. BRISTOL, SEPT. 3.—Arrived Slargaret, Swain, Honduras. GLOUCESTER, SEPT. 3.—Arrives the Eddystone, Kearsly, from Richebucto ; Stone, Jeffreys, from Pillau; Atkins, Stod dart, from Archangel ; Pratt, Spencer, from Archangel. LIMERICK, SEPT. I.—Arrived the Catherine, Wilson, Irons London ; Hebe, Elliott, from London ; Abby, Atkin son, from London. NfARYPORT, SEPT. 2.—Arrived off port the Hope, Mid dleton, from Quebec. SCNDERLAND, SEPT. 2.—Arrived Ida, Bravery, Queb. HULL, SEPT. 3.—Arriv e d t h e J ames, Honeyman, from St. Petersb urg ; G overnor, Corney, from Riga ; Electra, Lind from Riga ; Triheten, Johnson, from Danzig ; Passarfe, f. , lro merman, from Pill au ; Eagle, Turnley, from Stockholm ; ree (ste amer ), f rom Hamburgh; Sea Horse (steamer), ra m ktterdam. f re l m ks lnliß, SEPT. I.—Arrived the City of Carlisle (steamer), liamburgh. Wtteranacrn ROADS—A rr i ve d t h e Ri car i o , M unro, f rom '•3t. Petersburgh. N A lattvPo ß r i Rpr. 2.—The Shaw, Scott, sailed from Cadiz, I or about Ist Slay, for Newfoundland, and has not since been beard o r . f RANISG ATE ,:SEPT. 3.—Arrived th e T wo B rot h ers, C utt i ng, r ° lll London for Liverpool, leaky. be en Nestor, Nordinj from London t o Bj orne b or g, has wee carried into Ostend, a derelict ; crew saved. T he Lipton, arr i ve d o ff P ortland, spoke Portland, Conbro, 'root the Clyde to New South Wales, 28th ult., long. 8. The Willi am Gl en, Anderson, arrived in the Downs, spoke t he Ellen, of Hull, for Quebec, lat. 49., long. 30., and the I Miramichi, from Newcastle, lat. 49., long. 25. CHARGES OF LUNACY. TO TILE EDITOR OF THE SUN. " To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free, These are imperial arts, and worthy thee."—Vißci. JEN. ESTEEMED SIR-In consequence of your forcible remarks in your valuable paper of last evening, I deem it right, for the sake of the general question, to state most explicitly and with out any qualification or reservation, that I know nothing what. ever of Mr. Paternoster, whose case you have so affectingly referred to. Love to my fellow beings, and a disinterested l i desire to benefit and protect all, have alone brought me into 1 the field on this subject; and I shall not be deterred by a con sideration of the novelty (and probably to many uninteresting stature) of my undertaking, but will proceed under a convic tion of the duty I, as an individual member of society, have to discharge to others. To be mindful only of my own imme diate perceived interests, and regardless of injuries inflicted on others, never has been, and cannot be, my feelings. Those persons who act upon such a principle are not entitled to the benefits of society—they are the enemies of it, and however unconscious they may be of results, hare in many things to 'experience them. All abuses and wrongs should be judiciously sand effectually corrected without delay; but are the persons directly affected in all or most instances in circumstances to •!lieelt or remove the evils? Are they (I ask worthy members of society) to be left to bear and struggle for themselves, and no disinterested persons to interfere? Such a state of things will not do for human beings dwelling together upon the IM PLIED CONTRACT of mutual sympathy and assistance in all .great matters of right. I do not refer to any new doctrine Wien I advance this, but take the established and general riainion of the rise and good cf all parties. What but this, Hcn an exalted sca l e, impelled the much-to-be-revered Howard to endure and persevere to the loss of his life? and what is philanthropy itself (which every person would wish to iiie thought possessed of) but ACTING as well as feeling for tithers? There must be action to a reasonable extent to con pstitute this. Here I seem to arriv e at the subject under our articular attention at present, for I will press the question hone. Is a person when charged (CHARGED it must be called) with icaanity to be dealt with more summarily and capriciously th an t h e -Trettest criminal; and no persons effectually inter fere? Cour . .s_tuartial have been considered bad tribunals— the Inquisition in Spain hellish —the Bastile in France a s fel feelings of some in the form of human Proof of the vrreter. ft to complain only of those things 1 ein gs—yet are we le - sretence must not be overlooked, Oppression under any I should not be per, ev asion of the constitut.'mal l aw 1, deliberate, and just inves tigation nutted ' chicanery of any persons in any instance ; but a mi. (unprejudiced by sophistry o'' ef peculiar views and ,'lmuld be had, and, as in pec;diar interests) critnind cases, the BENEFIT OF DOUBT shonld be given to the Person charged. Calmness is indispensab! 4 ! to all judicial I _ ll . , c l,uirY and judgment and in a case of this na,aire it is espe `,',Pri!3:. so. All the circumstances, habits, prejudie,9s, and pecu 'l2:aabi les of the person charged, with the character and pro t. e motives of the person making the charge, WWI should be cau y ascertained and weighed, and every safe allowance made ii favour of the person charged. If, after proceeding thus with caution, becoming the magnitude of the question, a Jury of intelligent men, influenced by general evidence, seen AS WOULD BE RECEIVED IN OTHER CASES (and who have not al lowed themselves to be misled by any mad doctor's business representations), on their oaths, find a person unfit to be at large, then the restraint of the person and the associations he is introduced to, as well as the duration of the confinement, should be of a nature to alleviate, and not aggravate suffer ing. It cannot be conducive to mental, any more than bad prison discipline is to moral improvement, to mix, irrespective of character and state; and a Jury who would find a person unfit for society, at the time would not wish that person kept locked up for life in the mixed society just referred to, when, by proper treatment and, examination as to state, at the end of a month or two the per Son night be perfectly fit for society again. Here I cannot avoid remarking on the natural work_ ings of INTERESTS—even in mad-house keepers, their doctors and servants, respectable as they may otherwise be (whether of public establishments or private, as all must feel that a SOUNDING NUMBER of patients is no bad thing for a public servant)—their facilities to exercise their interests to the full extent in their CLOSED establishments, and the pitiable situa tion of their patients—then, to complete the misery of the poor patients, when they do truly tell their friends (if they have any who visit them) of the doings in such a prison —their very friends are taught not to believe them, and the patients are consequently left to the cruel mercy of their irrespon sable keepers. I have some recollection of a case where a Court directed a person so confined to be brought up to be examined, but the mad-house people adopted a scheme to evade ' even the power of the invaluable HABEAS CORPUS ACT; they alleged that the person was too dangerous to be taken ! I will look out the case—courts should teach mad-house people to obey in respect to alleged lunatics in the same form as other prison-keepers; but as it was not a crime, but an affliction, the person was charged with, a different feeling seems to have been cherished. I will not now adduce cases in proof of the foregoing (which you shall have hereafter) but give my opinion that no person should be confined except upon hearing before, and by order of two or more magistrates (when time is an object), in the first instance, and afterwards under the verdict of a sort of coroner's jury. That mad-houses should be frequently visited by a jury, without previous notice, to see what persons are fit for liberation, and what changes in the establishments, or the officers, are expedient. That the officers be induced by pro per means to keep Ole places free from unfit objects—to hasten by attention and mild means the restoration to health, and re moval home of those who at one time were proper objects. That all able and conscientious members of the medical profes sion be solicited to suggest freely to the public what they con sider to be lunacy, and anything calculated to lessen the num ber of lunatics, to restore them to health, or to alleviate their sufferings. The admissions of a " mad-doctor," at his own house, to me, on one occasion, when I was with him on quite a different subject, but for information interrogated the doctor, would (if published), show how much is done by off-handed conjecture, bow much by following statements of kin, and how little through professional application to science. The men of ster ling principle and talent in the profession should exert them selves in preventing conduct which must to some extent lower the professional character. Many respectable persons may have a dislike to act in cases of alleged lunacy, but they really should see that all their professional brethren who practice in it, act with tolerable propriety. The INCREDIBLE AMOUNTS TAKEN FROM THE PUBLIC PURSE, and expended some how on Lunatic Asylums, and the number of persons who therein (chewing the CARE of the keepers) have destroyed themselves, shall have my attention at a future time. I am, esteemed Sir, your's respectfully. HUMANITY. A CHURCH-RATE REFUSED IN THE EPISCOPAL CITY OF DURHAM. It will be in the recollection of most of our readers that an abortive attempt was made last year by the churchwardens of the parish of Saint Nicholas, in this " Cathedral-crowned City," to induce a meeting of the parishioners to grant a church-rate. After the meeting had determined to take the subject into consideration " on that day twelve months," the churchwardens, taking advantage of a pretended informality in the mode of convening it, called a second, at which the propo sition for a rate was renewed. The opponents of the rate at.. tended in a body, and after protesting against the proceeding, withdrew from the meeting without voting on the question. A rate was then voted by the Church party, which was after wards confirmed by the Ordinary, and a collection was made under it. Several persons, however, refused to pay ; but no proceedings were taken against them to enforce a demand which was undoubtedly illegal, and which the churchwardens themselves evidently deemed it impossible to sustain in a Court of law. This was mortifying enough ; but it was only the precursor of a heavier and more decisive blow. The churchwardens for the current year came into office about the latter end of last month ; and on Sunday sennight they published a notice, appointing a meeting of the parishion ers to be held in the vestry-room, on Monday last, for the pur pose of making a new rate and passing the accounts of the out going churchwardens. The meeting took place accordingly, and was very numerously attended, the small vestry-room being crowded to the melting point. Mr. Telfair, one of the late churchwardens, took the chair. Several items of the expendi ture—such as the washing of the parson's surplice, the salary of the organist, the allowance to the pew-opener, &c., were objected to by Mr. Gowland and others, who termed them " abuses," and a list of them was made with a view to their being discussed at the conclusion of the audit. It finally ap peared that a balance of nearly 15i. remained in the hands of the old churchwardens. independently of the deficit in the col lection already referred to. A debt of upwards of 40/. is still due to Mr. John Thwaitee, proprietor of the City Tavern; beinc , part of a larger sum advanced by him on the security of the promissory note of the churchwarden for the time being, for the purpose of repairing the belfry of the church three years ago. It may be remem bered that the individuals who last year objected to the rate then proposed, expressed their willingness to withdraw their opposition to it, provided the churchwardens would pledge themselves to liquidate Mr. Thwaites's claim out of the pro ceeds. That proposition was declined. At the meeting on Monday last, when the question arose what was to be done with the surplus in the hands of the churchwardens, Mr. Dodgson proposed that it should be paid over to Mr. Thwaites, in part satisfaction of his claim, which was seconded by Mr. J. H. Veitch. It was then proposed by Mr. Gowland that the balance should be paid to the present churchwardens. Mr. Telfair, in the course of the conversation that ensued, accused Mr. Veitch of desiring to keep the money out of the hands of the new churchwardens, and after succeeding in get ing it transferred to Mr. Thwaites, to leave them without a rate. Mr. Veitch candidly acknowledged that such was his object ; and said he did not so much mean to complain of the appropriation of the money as to the system of Church rates altogether, which he conceived to be one of the grossest of all abuses. Eventually Mr. Veitch called upon the Chairman to put Mr. Dodgson's motion to the meeting ; and after some controversy as to the terms in which it was submitted, the question was put in the words repeated by Mr. Veitch, and a great majority of the persons in the vestry-room held up their hands in its favour. At this period Mr. John Tiplady, Solicitor, proposed that a Church-rate should be granted. The heat of the room had b e -eome insupportable ; and there being many persons outside who W.?re unable to obtain admission, an adjournment into the b o d y o f t h e ^Burch was proposed and agreed t. 4. When the resumed, Mr. Tiplady proposed a r a te o f 3d. proceedings we;`' in the pound (which ;" ould have produced 601. ), w hi c h was se conded, nobody kno4s by 7lioni. Mr. Veitch contended that the sum which would be predui:."d by a rate of this, or of any smaller amount, was uncalled for; as the Churchwardens would possess funds, derived from Chunit' property, to the extent of nearly 301., which must be amply sL'ilicient for all necessary purposes. On this, Mr. Gowland moved that the meeting be adjourned for twelve months ; which was seconded by Mr. Webster, and on being put as an amendment an Mr. Tiplady'; motion, was carried by more than three to one, wile Tories voting in the majority 1 Mr. Veitch then called upon the Chairman to declare that the proposed adjournment had been carried by a decisive majority, and a resolution having been entered on the Vestry Minute-book to that effect, the meeting broke up. Consequently no Church-rate was ob tained for the passing year; and we venture to predict that in this parish there never will be another.—Durham Cheonicle. BUNGAY, ST. MARY. SEPT. 3, 1838.—This morning, pursuant to notice, a vestry was held for the purpose of making a Church-rate, and a rate of 2d. in the pound was accordingly made, on the motion of Mr Samuel Scott, the ;Ate Churchwarden. Mr. Charles Childs attended, as usual, to protest against the laying of a rate, and pointed out the total failure of their compulsion in the previous year. The sum for which they had distrained on his business property was, including the fees of process, 9s. 1 Id., for which they had sold goods worth above four times the amount, and were now further from their mark than previously. The proceeds had not paid the cost of seizing, and now they wanted 10s. 4d., which they could recover only by a further distress. He also charged on the vestry that they, and not the law, were responsible for all the injustice they inflicted, and all the consequences which might ensue. The law did not demand the laying of a rate ; it was at that moment in their own power to abstain from setting the law in motion ; but if they chose to give to their Churchwardens the power of legally collecting a rate, the injustice was inflicted by themselves. He added that he was quite aware such considerations would have no weight with the vestry. Mr. Sayer asked how the sum reqi.ired should be raised, and Mr. C. Childs replied that Mr. Scott and Mr. Bobbitt could instruct him, from their own past experience, how the expenses of the Dissenting Meeting-house in the town were defrayed. Mr. Sayer—Aye; we are not agoing to take the rate off your shoulders and put it on our own. P. S. The distress made at the Messrs. Child? office con sisted of three reams of printing demy, worth above 40s. ; the rate was 2s. l Id. ; the costs, up to the application for dis tress warrant, 7s. They were sold in one lot to a labouring man for Bs., and the costs of seizing and selling were Bs. sd. The present claim of the Church upon th Messrs. Childs is therefore 10s. 4d., being 7s. sd. more than the original rate. A field belonging to Mr. John Surridge, of ford Peverel, containing three acres of the finest wheat ever remembered to have been grown in that parish, or for m any parishes adjoining, was cut during the past week. It was sup posed by competent judges that it would realise full fifty bushels per acre. The corns have been counted from 120 to 140 in one ear, and in many ears the corns run six in a chace. --IVestern Times. THE SLTN, LONDON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1838. duals, including all the nobility and gentry of the district, the learned foreigners, and other eminent members of the British Association. The preparations were on a most extensive scale.—Newcastle Journal. We are glad to hear that his Grace the Duke of Portland is so far re.!overed from his late illness, that on Monday last he was cnaaled to ride as far as his extensive agricultural works at Sutton-in- A shlield.—DerbyshireCourier. On the 30th of August, Lord Fitzharris and Lord Macdonald killed s'xty-nine brace of grouse. Lard Ossul stun, M.P., and Wm. Massey Stanley, Esq., seventy-nine brace of grouse, on the moors of Duncan Davidson, Esq., of Tulloch, Ross-shire. SUDDEN ILLNESS OF THE EARL OF DERBY.— Thursday last, as the Earl of Derby was in the act of remon strating angrily with some of the numerous body of workmen whom he has recently employed in the erection and completion of the extensive improvements he has projected on the Knows ley estate, he was, without the faintest premonitory symptom, prostrated by an apoplectic seizure. Efficient and available assistance was promptly secured, and the immediate conse quences of the attack were, by the judicious treatment of his medical attendants, averted. We are informed that the Noble patient remains in a most precarious state. The severity of e l t c h ; a a t t n a d c has , k as we deprived understood, him h of the u as materially impaired i s rightarm n his s po powers of utterance. On Friday his Lordship was reported to he better, but on Saturday the symptoms, we regret to say, were more unfavourable. Lord and Lady Fitzroy Somerset left Great Stan hope-street yesterday morning, on a visit to the Duke of Wel lington, at \Valmer Castle. His Lordship returns to town on Monday next to resume his official duties at the Horse Guards. Colonel Waling, Deputy Military Secretary to the Commander-in-Chief performs the routine duties of his Lord ahip during his absence. Lady Mary Bentinck, sister to the Duke of Port land, has taken one of the villas at Hampton Court for the season, and the mansion is now undergoing- a course of decc rative repair. The Countess of Chesterfield and Colonel and Nirs. Montague were to have left Jersey on Saturday for Cowes, the Earl:of Chesterfield intending to call for the party with his yacht on his way from Cherbourg to the Isle of Wight. The Earl and Countess, accompanied by Colonel Montague and his lady, w ill l eave C owes i n t h e course o f t h e week for Doncaster, to be present at the races. The-Marquis of Lansdowne and the Earl of Shel burne left Bowood Park, on Saturday last, for Dublin. It is said that their Lordships intend remaining in Ireland about a month. The Marchioness and Ludy Louisa Fitzmaurice wit remain at their seat in Wiltshire until Chriqtmas. The Archbishop of Armagh (the Right Hon. John George de la Poer lieresford, Primate of all Ireland) arrived in Knutsford on Saturday evening last. His Grace attended divine worship in the forenoon at the parish Church, and in the afternoon at Rostherne. His Grace, afterwards, we under stand, dined at Tat ton.—Macclesfield Courier. The Earl of Egretnont has joined his Countess at their se a t, Sil ve rtonPark, Devon, from a cruise on the French coast, in his elegant yacht, the Janette. The Earl of Stamford arrived at the ancient scat of his ancestors, near Ashton•under-Lune, last week, and owing to its.being the first time his Lordship has resided at the old hall, his arrival was welcomed by the tenantry in an enthusi astic manner. The hall, which has undergone a complete re pair, and has been splendidly furnished, had been in a dilapi dated state for many years past. Sir William Follett is passing part of the long vacation with his relations and constituents at Exeter. tphu er D p o seel : oi E af r bringing h E i jo will ke e s r ot Majesty's mail packet TV at Ostend, ti: t e eov o nv n Ede , n,\NN C tf;Toi a gtr p_ iaiG t ir a rzdAe : e n g:ria H spr,grd a aEl m ,tteNeo i a. l ton, leaves this port this day, for the _ tt,rih,eeiciweEoinuAlgiraTir i i e i ge e rß l , :i p u t .:_ c h ri s n e d t osi a l :: , , v , i iNie n si g t oh h fine a e nad u raa l d 4 ylli,i t Q yt li tt ' lhs ' il ee n e mt s 2t n t l4o a er o n tdie t r i th instant. atC m th u a sA n ic u w ob h re ai rr, has been already mentioned. Rumour s o f a trea ty with Albertazii are afloat, and i t w ill grat if y us to fi n d t h em confirmed. Mr. Serle is t o b e acting manager, in the room of Mr. Bartley. asaniell whose o, name jusmelviclolmbpete be immortalized t a no ne rt w al op ize e c r l a, b i y n the fim acts, with which the Parisian people are to be treated during the month of December. At Berlin preparations are making for a sumptuous ballet, the entire music of which has been composed by the Princess William of Prussia, consort of the King's youngest son. Ma O r CoNNELL.—Mr. O'Connell left Cork, ac companied by his brother, James O'Connell, Esq., Mr. Moffat, and Dr. Nugent, on Tuesday evening, for Macroom, where he spent that night. Yesterday morning he proceeded to Kil larney, and enjoyed himself during the day on the Lakes, and remained last night at Lakeview. He goes on this day to Derrynane.—/Venagh Guardian of Saturday. The beautiful seat of Mr. W. A. Mackinnon, M. P., at Newtown Park, near Lymington, was the scene of much gaiety on Thursday evening last, the Hon. Member giving a fancy dress ball to all the rank and fashion of Hants and the neighbouring counties. The company exceeded four hundred in number, and the dresses of the ladies were of the most splendid description. The two fair daughters of " mine host" were the Siberian beauties of the evening. A Persian hood was also the admiration•of the gay and animated throng, but the name of the fair one, unfortunately, we could not as certain. The elegant Circassian, Albanian,' and Greek dresses, formed an excellent contrast with the simple but pic turesque costumes of the Highlander and Swiss. The gen tlemen were principally attired in military, naval, Highland, and Turkish uniforms. Mr. Weippert's quadrille band, and a mili;ary band, were engaged. Public dinners were given by the Hon. Member to large parties of tradesmen, &c., chiefly his consti tuents, and to the poor of the town of Lymington and its neighbourhood, on Friday and Saturday last. CARL KING'S PRESENT TO QUEEN VICTORIA. —The return of the Great IV(stern has brought us news of the beautiful bonnet sent by the eehbrated Carl King of New York to the Queen of England. As soon as the Western reached England , C a p tain Hosken o p ened a co rrespondence with Lord John Russell, Secretary of State for the Horne De partment, relative to the bonnet. His Lordship notified her Majesty —she wrote a beautiful complimentary letter—the bonnet was sent on to the Queen, and no less than three dozen ladies of the English nobility forwarded back orders and com plimentary litters to the celebrated Carl King and his lovely lady for bonnets . of the same style. C ar l i s a l uc k y d og! This King has given the Queen a bo nne t. Th e Q ueen h as g i ven the King a smile of approval, and the ladies and the Queen will make this King's fortune. We shall publish a part of' the correspondence ie a kW c 1414.-. ., New York Herald. LONDON AND 131/tM/NGIIAM RAILWAY. We are glad to learn that the opening of the line will in all proba bility take place a week earlier than had b een previously ar ranged. The 17th of September, instead of t h e 24th, is lthe day now fixed upon; and, from what INI) have heard upon the subject, we have no doubt the line will, on that day, be opened for passengers from end to end.—Manchester Guardian. • ACCELERATION OE MAILS.--.On the 17th of September there will be thirty-eight miles of the Southampton Railway open to the public, .which it is expected will give two hours' acceleration to the arrival of the mails at Exeter, De vonport, and Falmouth, leaving only seven miles to complete the line on the Western route as far as Basingstoke, forty eight miles distant from the General Post-office, when, at the least, two hours and a half, if not three hours, may be les sened, so that letters, &c., will arrive at Exeter at half-past nine a.m. This advantage, added to o ur present loss of time a t Taunton, where our letters remai n two hour end a h a lf e very ( l a y, would, by a direct coach freq . ; Rxeter, e na bl e us to be serve d with the London bags, and f rom all other ports on the Eastern side , and North from York , by about half- - past one or mid-day. By this a r rangement the Bristol mail would re main as it :9; and, in feet, U is separated f or the present, for the branch . from Taunton is a perfectly distinct line. We know that a nei,ehb mring town, under the patronage of some of the leading gentry, is endeavouring to establish a direct m ail-coach to and from Exeter—it consequently behoves us to be on the alCrt ; for it cannot be denied that ie every point of v i e w Barnstaple ought to be nerved the firit.—North Devon Advertiser. A horse employed in the colliery at Johnston, be longing to Messrs. Marycharch and Owen, lieeerfordwest, was a month ago miseing, end tie trace of him could be dis covered. Last week, however, as some boys were cutting some furze at the brink of an old coal pit, about 12 fees deep, they discovered the lost animal at the bottom. Assistance id being immediately procured, the poor horse w from the confinement which he had suffered from was released k food or water, and annoyed by flies, which bad e ea w t e e r n . h a o w le i s tb i o nt u o t his flesh, and, owing to careful treatment, ' he has now nearly recovered his former condition. Thirst seemed to be the prin cipal, su fr` 7l4 o endured by the horse, as m a ed a iatey th on re his t release b e rushed to his old water' difficulty forced from it. Hun.e i r n t ' a P i c c e o'm a p n ell w ed s h7m to g en deavera to eat some dry roots which were at the bottom of the pit, but, proving too hard to masticate, they were feline' stuck roc in his mouth.—Welslo ?Wit An inquest was held yesterday at St. Thomas's HoTital on the body of Miss Jane Childs, aged 19, the daughter of a respectable tradesman residing in North AnclicY street. Miss Child s, a f ter tak i ng a l arge quant ity o f arsenic,b 4 4 pPQtI —1111; PH Esther to the city in an om nibus, where she was taken very ill, and after confessing that she had poisoned herself, was removed to the Hospital, where she died, It appeared that fur some months the girl Ind beam in the habit of reading r e li e e m 1 1 4 04 a'oging psalms, and addres sing fervent appeals her sisters on the subject of religion, and frequently kissing them. She was accustomed to call herself the worst of sinners, and to say that she had sold her soul Potted the ev il one. A rhapso di ca l l et t er tQ 1•119 elPct was totted on her porsol l , in which, 'weever, she stated that although 't a miserable, ttnii4lY wretch, it was not owing to religion," D eceased had lived on tlic beet terms with her family and friends. Verdipt,Temporary derangement. Thomas Williams of Pencoyd, an old man, upwards ' of 80 years of age, committed suicide on Sunday, 26 . th under th e following circumstances:—The unfortunite man had, by great ega„ley, bayed nearly' , 761, on which he was subsisti ng , when some miscreant broke into his cottage, and robbed him of every farthing he p o ssessed in the world. On applyin g to the guardians for relief he was offered ilea 7to - Which he refused, and went 4:7 tAnd hung 13irpsgl. , The late fine weatite, has enabled our farrnerl to i carry the greater pot of their wheat crops in good ; and should it continue the harvest in this part of the country w i ll be compl ete d i n about a fortnight.—Aylesbury Nov 4% SPORTING IN TELLIGEN CE. TATTER SA L L'S- YRSTERD r. THE ST. LEG ER. The attendance was thin, the betting ‘• slow," and the changes of little moment. Don John was not so much in favour as before, 3 to I taken once only; having been offered currently towards the close, lon stood at his old price, with plenty of friends ready to back him at 4to I, proof enough that the report about " blister ing" has no foundation. Grey Momus, !tlzira, and Cobham were backed at last week's prices, the latter having the call, without making any decided advance. Lanercost, Jemmy Jumps, and Al bemarle, are evidently on the decline, while Pucelle shows symp toms of improvement. CLOSING PRICES :- 3 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Don John 7 to 2 agst Colonel Peel's lon—take 4 to . l 9 to 1 agst Mr. Parkin's Lanercost 12 to 1 agst Mr. Coombes's Cobham—taken 12 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Grey Momus—taken 12 to 1 agst Duke of Cleveland's Alzira—taken and aft. offered 20 to 1 agst Duke of Cleveland's Pucelle filly—taken 20 to 1 agst Lord Westminster's Albemarle—taken 20 to 1 apt Mr. S. L. Fox's Jemmy Jumps—taken Appleton Lad not mentioned. THE DERBY. ,000 to 50 agst Duke of Richmond's Bulwark—taken COURT CIRCULAR WINDSOR, SECT. 3.—Her Majesty and the Royal suite, after walking in the Slopes, yesterday afternoon, returned at six o'clock ; on reaching the Terrace her Majesty, instead of entering the Castle as usual, walked entirely round the eastern part of the Terrace, and remained for some time on the pro menade immediately under the eastern side of the Castle, very much to the gratification of hundreds of the visitors and resi dents who were assembled. This afternoon, at three o'clock, her Majesty left the Castle on a visit to her Majesty the Queen Dowager, in Bushy Park. Her Royal Highness, the Duchess of Kent, the Marchioness of Normanby, and Lady Mary Stop ford, were with her Majesty in the first carriage. The Hun. Colonel Cavendish followed in a second carriage. Colonel Sir James Hope, and Mr.- and Lady Fanny Howard, areicx pected to join the Royal circle at dinner, this evening, at the Castle. Viscount Torrington, it is expected, will leave the Castle to-morrow for Ramsgate, to wait the arrival of his Ma. jesty the King of the Belgians. The Duchess of Cambridge, accompanied by the Princesses Augusta and Mary of Cambridge, came to town yesterday from Kew. The Duchess and the Princesses returned to Kew in the afternoon. Mr. Buchanan ( Edinburgh), Mr. Wodhouse, and the Bishop of Nova Scotia, had interviews with Lord Glenelg yesterday at the Colonial Office. Count Ludolf transacted business yesterday at the Foreign Office. The Right Hon. C, Poulett Thomson has arrived in Glas. gow from the Isle of Skye. Mr. Daniel Whittle Harvey transacted business yesterday at the Home Office. Despatches from Spain were brought by a Messenger to the Foreign Office yesterday. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. DEPARTURES. Lord John and Lord Charles Manners, for the Moors in Derbyshire ; Lord Boringdon, for the Earl of Morley's seat, Saltram, Devonshire ; Sir Francis and Lady Mary Cole, on a tour; Lady Selina Ker and Miss Ker, for their villa in Surrey ; Lord Glandine, on a tour; Mr. and Mrs. Pierrepont, for Evenly Hall, Northamptonshire ; the Earl of Arran, on a tour; Lady and Miss Campbell, for Dover; Mr. and Mrs. Stopford, on a tour; Mrs. Spencer Stanhope, for Suffolk; Col. Hugh Baillie and Mrs. Baillie, for Ross-shire ; Sir Chas. Des Vceux, for Sussex; Lord and Lady Garvggh, from Port man-square, for their seat in Ireland; Mrs. and Miss Bonham, from Portman-square, for their scat in Ireland ; Lord Maid stone, M. P., from Wilton -crescent, for Eastwell Park, Ash ford, Kent ; the Dowager Lady Thellusson and the Hon. Miss Thelluson, from Bruton -street, on a continental tour; Sir Arthur Clifton, Bart., from Bond-street, for Brighton ; Lord and Lady Maynard, from Grosvenor-square, for their seat, Easton-Lodge, Dunmow, Essex ; Lord Ossulston, from Gros venor-square, for Scotland; the Earl and Countess of Har rington, from Whitehall-gardens, for their seat, Elvaston Hall, Derby ; the Hon. Henry Ashley, M. P., and Mrs. Ashley, from Grosvenor-square, for St. Giles's, Cranbourne, Dorset; Lord and Lady Southampton, from Carlton House-terrace, for Longshavre Lodge, Derbyshire, on a visit to the Duke of Rutland; the Hon. Col. and Lady Louisa Molyneux, from Arlington-street, for Cheltenham; Sir Robert Newson, Bart., for his seat, Maimhead, Devonshire. ARRIVALS. Prince Esterhazy, at Chandos House ; the Dowager Lady Glynne, the Misses Glynne, and Sir C. Glynne, Bart., in Berkeley-square, from their scat in `'ales; Lord Saye and Sele, in Brutton-street, from Broughton Castle, Oxford shire ; General Lord Combermere, in Piccadilly, from Corn bermere Castle ; the Hon. Francis Bassett, in Brook-street, from the Continent ; Captain Locke, in Mount-street, from Dublin. CHANGES. The Earl and Countess of Belmore at Ca:tlecoote, Line skea, Fermanagh, from Dublin ; the Earl of Devon at Pow derham Castle, from a visit to the Earl and Countess For tescue at Castle Hill, Exeter; the Duchess of Bedford at Brighton, from a short visit to Worthing ; the Right Hon. Edward Ellice and Captain Ellice, M. P., at Invereshie , their shooting quarters in Scotland, from Ryde, Isle of Wight; Lord Duncan at Chessell, on a visit to Lord and Lady Ash town, from Leamington Spa ; Lord and Lady Norreys at their seat in Oxfordshire, from Cowes, Isle of Wight ; the Countess Mountnorris at Brighton, from Tunbridge Wells ; the Duke of St. Alban's at his seat, Redburn Hall, near Brigg, Lincolnshire, from Cheltenham ; Baron de Burgh and Baron de Krassow on a tour in Scotland, from Keswick, Cum berland ; Baron de Gotch on a tour in the north, from Mal vern Wells. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager is expected to embark at Portsmouth on the sth of next month for Malta, where her Majesty intends to sojourn for a period not exceed ing six months. His Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge, it is understood, will take his departure the latter end of this, or the early part of next month, for Gibraltar, where his Royal Highness is to stay for at least three months. We are given to understand that his Royal Highness is going a grand tour, aadwill be absent from this country for two years. The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland arrived at Alawick Castle on Monday evening from this town. Their arrival was hailed by the firing of cannon, the ringing cf bells, and the customary rejoicings. The Alnwick band played several patriotic airs, and flags were displayed from the win dows of the houses.—Newcastle Journal. The Marquis of Douro left Apsley House on Sun day morning, for Dorking, to enjoy a few days' shooting at the Deep Dene, the estate of Mr. Henry Thomas Hope. The Marquis proceeds to Walmer Castle at the end of the week, for a few days ; and then will cross the water for Rotterdam. We hear his Lordship will visit Spa, and thence proceed to Milan. Lord and Lady Lyndhurst, after visiting the Duke of Wellington at \Valmer Castle, were to leave for Paris, where the Learned Lord and family intend to pass the autumn. We regret to hear that her Royal Highness the Princess Sophia labours under an almost entire deprivation of sight. An operation was recently performed on the Princess's eyes by Mr. Alexander, the celebrated oculist, for the purpose of restoring her vision. Her Royal Highness has removed from Kensington Palace to the mansion of Colonel Wynyard, in Church-lane, where she will reside while her apartments are undergoing a thorough repair. The Duke of Portland is receiving a select party at \Velbeck Priory, Notts. .• The Earl and Countess of Carlisle and the Ladies Howard are expected in Grosvenor place the first week in next month, from their seat, Castle Howard, Yorkshire. They will make a short stay in town, and then depart for Paris, on their way to Italy, where they will winter. The Attorney-General is on a visit to the Lord Advocate at Strachur, in Argyleshire. —Scotsman. The Speaker atrived Edinburgh on Monday last, but left on Tuesday for Inverness-shire.—Scotsm an , Lord Stanley is expected at Netherby on a visit to Sir James Graham, who is entertaining a sporting party in. vited to shoot grouse on the moors in Cumberland. The annual meeting of the General Reform Asso ciation of North Devon will be held at Southmolton, on Wed nesday, the 12th, when Lord Ebrington and Mr. Buller, of Downes, are expected to be present. The Ladies Fitz-Patrick, Mr. and Lady Janet Walrond and family were among the passengers which left London on Sunday last by the Antwerp Company's steam ship Antwerp. The same company's ship Princess Victoria arrived from Antwerp yesterday morning in 20 hours. The Duke and Duchess of Cleveland shortly take their doparture from Worthing for their seat, Newton-house, Bedale, Yorkshire, to be present at the Doncaster races, of which his Grase is the principal steward. DALMAHOY CASTLE.—A large party is about to assemble at this splendid scat of the Earl of Morton, to be present at the solemnisation of the marriage of Viscount NW ton, M. P., and Lady Frances Douglas, which taxes place on the 10th of this month. The Earl and Countess of Wilton have arrived at Heaton Park, near Manchester, from Liverpool, where the Noble Earl and his Lady landed from their yacht X'ariipi from Cowes, Isle of Wight. A large party of noblemen and their ladle; have been invited to the Heaton Park ,races by his Lordship. The Right Hon. the Earl of Falmouth has re turned id Tregothan from attending his Parliamentary duties, —Devonport Telegraph. cannon, who has been heriously ill, but we are h a ppy to d in constant attendance aotiltainitdeasnsee of n f is now better. h k e r r e N il o Y ble stillm father, r e the ainsi Viscounti w d l t D o a un i _ l : Lord and Lady Lyndhurst, P Duke ari s, of w b l e Vr where l t l h i n e g t N o n o b a l et LordNV alr n a e n r d C f a a rrs eily i w r n . et intend autumn. e to Lord and Lady Carrington have arrived at Deal Castle for the season, from town. l n e i g i a a y s e s the t t; i o o r Lord Combermere will go to Walmer Castle next week. The Dowager Lady Glynne, the Misses Glynne, and Sir Stephen Glynne, are going to Italy for the winter months. Lord Adolphus Fitzclarenee will love to day, for Bri g ht on . The Lord Li eutenant o f E ssex , L or d Braybroke, is now ente r t a i n i ng a l arge party. Mr. Cony er i s enterta i n i ng a l arge party of s portin g gentlemen at Copt Hall, in Essex. Among v. liomr'ne Lord s De Lisle, Lord Petre, Sir J o h n Ty rre ll, B :r t. ; Mr. Bram ston, M.P., Mr. Abb ott, and Mr. Hanbury. The statu e o f E ar l G rey was fixed upon t h e co lumn on Friday, wh en fl ags o f b uff and blue were placed upon the four corn ers o f t h e scaffolding, and the bells of St. Nicholas' s church were ru ng i n h onour of the event. The statue repre sents his Lordship i n hi s robes, is a splendid work of art , a nd g the likeness i s very striking. It is executed in Portland stone, by Mr. Bailey.—. Newcastle Chronicle. DOVER.—The Duk e o f Ylarlhorough, Mr. Bernal , M. P., Lady Mary More, and the Marc Marquis of Drogheda , have taken houses o n W ater l oo -crescent f'or t the latest arrival s a t that fashionable quarter are, Mr. Erskine and family, Sir A rt h ur and ' .1.,a0y Paget, and the Earl rsk a i n n d e Countess of Verula m . As an appropriate sequel to the gaiety and splenr dour of the last week, a magnificent eatertainment was glvf'n at Ravensworth Castle on Saturday, by Lord and LadY Ravensworth, to upwards of five hundred distinguished indivi- STOCKTON RA CGS.--FRIDAY. The All-aged Stakes of with 25 - added by J. Bowes, Esq., 1%!. P., for horses that never won 100 sous. at any one time in Plate or Stake before the day of naming ; three yrs old, 7st; four yrs, Bst. 31b; five yrs and upwards. Bst. 81b; mares, geldings, and maiden horses allowed 31b. The second saves his stake. Two miles. 6 Subs. Sir C. Monck's b. f. by Langar, 3 yrs G. Francis 1 Mr. Wormald's ch. c. Fieschi, 4 yrs 2 Mr. Wrather's gr. c. Hackfall, 3 yrs 3 Mr. Hutchinson's ch. f. Creeping Molly, 3 yrs 4 Mr. Vansittart's b. f. Tabby, by Humphrey Clinker, 3 yrs 5 Betting-6 to 4on Hackfall, and 4to 1 against the winner. Won easy. The Cleveland Stakes of 20 sous. each, p.p., for two yrs old ; coltr, Bst. 31b ; and fillies, Bst. From the Red Post, seven furlongs. 5 Subs. Mr. Blakelock's b. c. The Commodore Nicholson 1 Duke of Cleveland's b. c. Kremlin, by Sultan Mr. Bowes's b. f. by Langar Captain Taylor's b. c. Chatterer, by Jerry or Physician Mr. Simpson's b. f. Vexation Mr. Etty s br. c. by Physician Betting-7 to 4 and 2tol on the Commodore, 4to 1 agst Kremlin, 4 to 1 agst Mr. Ettv's colt, 7 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's filly, and Bto 1 agst Vexation. Won easy. The Gold Cap, by Subscribers of 10 sovs. each ; three yrs old, Est. 101 b ; four yrs, Bst. 51b ; five yrs, Bst; six . yrs and aged, 9st ; mares and geldings allowed 31b ; winners of a Cup or 100 sovs. in the present year, 51b ; twice, 71b. extra ' • maiden horses allowed 31b. Two miles a n d a di s t ance . 10 Subs. Mr. Vansittart's ch. c. Smollett Colonel Hildyard's ch. g. Brother to Van, 4 yrs The following also started, but were not placed :—Lord Eglin ton's St. Bennett, 4 yrs ; Mr. Tilburn's br. c. Master Castoff, 3 yrs ; Mr. Blakcloek's Yarico, 4 yrs ; and Mr. Bell's Zebetta, 5 yrs. Betting-6 to 4 agst St. Bennett, and 6to 4 agst Smollett. Won cleverly. ..... 4 BRIDGEND RACES.-THURSIM r The County Stakes, with 15 sows. added, heats two miles, were won in two heats by Mr. Cohen's Jenny Jones, aged, 12st., beating Mr. Evans's b. m. Bridgend Lass, 4 yrs, l Ost. 71b ; Mr. Thomas's ch. m. Witney Lass, 6 yrs, I2st., and four others. The Victoria Stakes, with 20 sovs. added, were won in two heats by Mr. Robinson's bl. g. The Moor, 5 yrs, I Ist. 71b., beating Mr. Gough's ch. m. Dandina, aged, I2st. 71b., and Mr. Smith's gr. h. Manager, aged, 12st. 101 b., after a good race.. - The Forced fiaiidiCap was won by Mr. Harris's br. g. beating nine others. 7'OTNES AND BRIDGETOWN RACES. WEDNESDAY. The Hurdle Stakes, with 10 sovs. added from the Fund. heats, once round and a distance, with three leaps over hurdles four feet high, were won in two heats by Mr. Skinner's b. h. Cottager, aged, 12st., beating Mr. Dugdale's b. m. Rosalie, aged, 12st., Alr. Bickford's b. h. Oxygen, aged, 12st. 31b., Mr. Elliott's bl. m. Magic, 5 yrs, list. 31b., and Mr. Hannaford's Otho. . . Plate of 40 sovs., with 10 for the second. Heats, twice round. General Gilbert's b. h. King of Clubs, 4 yrs, 9st. 101 b 2 1 2 Mr. Wreford's b. c. Tory, 3 yrs, 7st. 121 b Sir W. Carew's b. g. Cornet, 6 yrs, lOst 4 4 2 dr Sir J. Bu:ler's b. g. Why Not, 6 yrs, Bst. 81b 1 3 4 dr Mr. Horsley's b. m. Countess of Devon, 5 yrs, ist 3 5 dr The Bridgetown Stakes; with 15 sovs. added for the beaten horses, once round and a distance, were won in two heats by Sir W. Carew's Cornet, beating Mr. Brown's Lydia Languish, and Mr. Horsley's Countess of Devon. A Purse for Galloways was won by Mr. Carlisle's Blue Bell, beating two others. The Mr. Mr. Mr. TITERTON RACES.- THURSII! r. Members' Plate of 501., added to a Sweepstakes of 5 toys. each. W. Ley's ch. h. Rattle, 5 yrs, 9st. 31b Wreford's br. f. Westeria, 3 yrs, 7st. 21b 2 2 Wills' b. in. Faustina, 4 yrs, Bst. 11b Betting-2 to lon Rattle, who won by a length easily. The Ladies' Plate of 351., added tl a Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, _ _ . 3 sovs. forfeit. Mr. W. Tucker's b. f. Lucretia (h. b.), 3 yrs, Oct. 61b 1 1 Mr. W. Ley's gr. h. Pocket Hercules, 4 yrs, 1 Ist. 61b 2 lr Mr. Wreford's b. f. Westeria, 3 yrs, 9st. 131 b 3 dr Even betting on Pocket Hercules, and 5 to 1 agst Lucretia. First heat, won by three lengths ; the second, walked over for. Hurdle Race Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, 3 ft., and 20 added. Mr. 'l'. Collard's b. g. Walker, aged Mr. Downe's Billy, 1 Ist. 41b. Mr. Fearlie's ch. g. Minstrel, aged, list. 41b dis. A Purse for Gallcways, not exceeding 14 hands, vms won in two heats by Mr. E. IVilkins's br. m. Ellen Brown, aged , beating Mr. Roach's ch. m. Vi c t or i a , age d ; M r. Carlisle's b. m. Blue Bell, aged; Mr. Hill's b. m. Lady Bessy, 5 yrs (lame); and Mr. Brown's gr. f. Miss Medland, 3 yrs (distanced). The Pony Race 'uas won in two heats by Mr. Elliott's Black and-all -Black, beating Mr. Hutchins's bl. g. Rum Dick, Mr. Mills's b. rp. Creeping Jane, Mr. T. Collard's bl. g. The Unknown, and Mr. J. Burrough's Free-and-Easy. A VETERAN YEDESTR folkwina fact is worthy of being recorded, as exh!biting art extraordinary instance of biddy vigour and energy at an advanced period of life, as well as for the interest it must possess to the lovers of feats of pedestrianism, of which it futuishes an instance that has seldom, we dare say, been Inuttiteei. A gentleman of the name of Taylor arrived 0:4 Week in Berwick, on his way from London to Edinburgh, having performed the entire journey on foot in the space of three weeks, although he has arrived at the adVartced age of 74 I Two years ago the same individual walked from Edinburgh to London, and also traversed nearly the whole of Ireland in the same manner. We understand he is a person in circumstances which place him far above the ne cessity of walking, which he prefers to any kind of conveyance, purely from the pleasure it affords him. In his peregrinations he usually carries a small bundle and an umbrella. We believe he intends to pass through Berwick on his return to London, on foot, nem, week.—Berwick Paper. - - In the Katharin en Hospital, at Stuttgard, a case of disarrangement of the nervous system consequent upon intoxi cation occurred some time ago, which was remarkable as well by the violence of the madness as by the suddenness of the fatal termination. The first attack was over when the patient entered the hospital, but the second came on while he was there. He shrieked fearfully, his features became distorted, his eyes rolled, th© pupils dilated, his face became flushed, his forehead covered with perspiration, his pulse violent and ra pid, the sensorium obscured by deceptions of the senses. He always saw flames and fiery shapes, which seemed to stand before him and threaten him. In the third attack his raving was terrific ; he continually bzdieved that he saw a funeral pile on which he was to be burnt. In the fourth attack, which was so violent that the patient destroyed everything on which he could lay his hands, and struck his head so violently against the wall as to leave truces of blood, he suddenly died, A physician has discovered that a few drops of any mineral acid applied to a wound occasioned by the bite of any rabid animal will prevent hydrophobia, ire the pati2nt. The acid will decompose the poisonous saliva, and consequently , no bad effects will follow, We find the foregoing in a morning paper, and advise everybody to try the experiment," not because we have much faith in it any moro:ihan we have faith in specifics of any sort, but beeau*o it can do no harm and may possibly do good to try it.„.. , Anterica n Paper. DINNER IRON A LARGE SCALE.—.Doctor Shaw, who publlslied his Travels into Africa and Egypt, gives the following account of a family dinner prepared by the Emperor of Morocco. At the top there was RA, consisting of a young whale boiled, and a few sturgeons and porpoises fried, round it. At the bottom the hind quarter of an elephant. On one side a brat of lions fricaseed ; on the other side the neck of a eatnel made kabad (as the Doctor calls it), or, in plain Eng lish, cabob'd. The second aourse—A b race of ostriches :, griffin and a di s h of cranes and storks; on the roasted. other i. on a e p si , ‘c re was n o b utc h er ' s but a roasted buffalo at the sid e ta bl e, The Doctor o d t e ted crocodile. Th m eat, says he only picked the short rills of a lion, which, to use his own expression, was a delicious morsel. What can we say t o brother Jonathan after this ? QUID PRO Quo.--A million of money has been taken from the half starved p eo pl e of England an d S cotland to give to Irish landlords and ahsontee Irish clergymen. The Parliament p-ofessing to l'opresent the people committed this grievous plunder of the people. When Ministers gave their sanoion to this act of inju , tice, thoy told us that its ob. kot was to purchase peace in Irelatld. Prudent men laughed at them when they talked nI buying peace and stifling the claims of a people for equal laws and rights, with a million pieces of gold, But still the cry seas " Niggards ! would you baiircl the peace of Ireland for a paltry million of money ?" Before the country could put in its veto against this spoliation of the honest avid hardwzrkin g people for the use of those who do no work, onr. delightful Parliament adopted the proposal rtn'l OW deed was done. Our money ig Seine. But that for which we were told by Ministers it was paid is not secured. The peace that it was pretended to buy is not obtained. On the contrary, agitation, is renewed with more vigor than ever. Ireland sworn to procure justice by reason or by might. A last efiJit is to lie made to procure it from the honour of Eng land--if that fails she will endeavour to wring it from the fears of her tyrant. But, meanwhile, be it not forgotten, our mil lion is lost to us. Is it possible to contemplate without indig nation such gross deceptions ? And it is more grievous to think that they who thus nroaigately throw away a million of money cannot find r, iiwe thousands for a cheap post-osce, or public illikz„ or schools, or any ether such like object, whereby iku whole people would be henefited.—Souserset County Gazette. NA ITAN OUT-DONF Co j ek ° e;nam T (said t 4 4 3 .c c 0 0n 11' . 7 0i rthc " * . te l . s at at. 11 ia4t. ti A i i lo has e . E ) a t 4l ' c who is so quick lutantiv '- h im bo at o f water present at !CiQ4QI tlig 41ce t il e4 Q ~wide a Vi A Storm- • luo-- , Petrel was killed on Thursday on the ..s of the Avon, near the Gasometer, Bath. It is supposed that the bird was driven so far inland by the boisterous weathe: of the previous night, as it was so much exhausted that it Wil easily knocked down with a stick. —path Gazette. THE WELLINGTON TESTIMONIAL. ark-ace, Auust 8 1838. MY LORD—W e , th e undersigned pl g , members of the Welling ton Memorial Committee, beg leave to address your Lordship under circumstances which we will as briefly as possible explain. At a meeting of the Committee, on the 9th of June (at which twenty. six members only were present), the Chairman announced that her Majesty had been graciously pleased to consent that an equestrian statue of the Duke of Wellington should be placed upon the arch in the Green Parh, and at the same time a letter was read from your Lordship, in which you stated that the approbation of the Lords of the Treasury was to be an indispensible preliminary to the execution of the work. After this announcement, and at the same meeting, a resolution was moved and carried, " That Mr. Wyatt was eminently qualified to be entrusted with the execution of the proposed statue." The promulgation of this resolution excited great surprise in the minds of many absent members of the Committee, because, from the unusual shortness of the notice (the sum mons being dated the sth, for a meeting on the 9th of June), and from the very vague and general terms in which the object of the meeting was stated, they had no conception that matters of such importance were to be then finally and irrevo cably determined. A letter was accordingly addressed to the Mike of Rutland, the Chairman, requesting him to call another meeting, at which the resolution of the 9th might be reconsidered. This letter was signed by the Dukes of Richmond, Buccleuch, and Northumberland ; Lords Anglesea, Hill, Tavistock, Lyne cloth, the Bishop of London, and Mr. Ridley Colborne. With that requisition his Grace did not think fit to comply, and in consequence of his refusal the same individuals circue lated a statement of their objections to the proceedings of the 9th of June, and of their own motives for the conduct they had pursued. This correspondence excited great interest among the sub. scribers, and attracted a considerable share of public attention, and the general opinion (as far as an opinion can be gathered which is not expressed by any act), appeared to be strongly at variance with the resolutions of the Committee of the 9th June. Such a manifestation, and an earnest desire to terminate the existing difference, induced certain other members of the Com mittee to come forward in support of the views set forth in the above-mentioned protest, and a letter signed by Lords Liver-. pool, Craven, Strafford, Wm. Bentinck, Duneannon, Palmer ston, Sir W. Anson, Sir J. Carnac, and the Hon. Mountstuart Elpbinstone, invited the attendance of all the members of the Committee, for the purpose of considering the best mode of reconciling the prevailing disagreement. The continued determination, however, of the Duke of Rutland not to convene a regular meeting of the Committee to reconsider the former resolutions, and the impossibility of assembling at this advanced period of the year a general meeting at which the matter in dispute might be referred to the decision of the subscribers at large, compel us to apply to your Lordship for the purpose of requesting that her Ma-. jesty's Government will suspend their consent to any plan which may be submitted for their approval until the whole question shall have been considered at a full meeting of the Committee, and, if necessary, at a general assembly of the bscribers. We are the more induced to make this request by a well founded belief that the ultimate amount of the fund to be subscribed may be much influenced by the decisions which may be come to upon the points above referred to, and we would further submit that the nature of the design ought in some degree to depend upon the amount which may be sub scribed. We beg to add that we have no predilection for any one artist, nor prejudice in favour of any particular design or situa tion ; but we think it our duty to use our hest endeavours to accomplish the declared object of the subscription, and to take care that the fund (whenever its amount shall have been as certained) be judiciously and effectually employed in the erection of " a memorial worthy of the services of the Duke of Wellington and of a nation's gratitude." We subjoin copies of the correspondence which took place with the Duke of Rutland, respecting a f urt h er meeting of the Committ ee. NORTHUMBERLAND, PONVI S , ANGLESEY, RICHMO ND , TA VISTOCK, W. ANSON, BUCCLEUC H , DUNCANNON, LI vEßporn„ G. AN S O N , STP.APPORD, J. ABERCROMBIE, N. RiDLEY COLBORNE, E. KERRISON, PALMERSTON, T. S AI OUNTSTUA RT ELPHINSTONE, LYNEDOCH,TRANGE, J. R. CARNA L , CRAVEN, W. C. BENTICK, COMBERMERE. C. J. LONDON, To the Viscount Melbourne. " South street, Aug. 26, 1839. " 11 9 LORD,—I beg leave to acknowledfle the letter of the Bth August, signed by certain members of the Wellington Me morial Committee, and as I understand that your Lordship was the Chairman of the meeting at which that letter was agreed upon, I have to request that your Lordship will con vey to the Noblemen and Gentlemen who hare signed it an assurance upon my part that I will attend, as far as in me lies, to their desire that her Majesty's Government will sus pend their consent to any plan which may be submitted for their approbation, until the whole question shall have been consilered at a full meeting of the Committee, and, if neces sary, at a General Assembly of the Subscribers, " I have the honour to remain, my Lord, " Your Lordship's faithful and obedient Servant, " To the Earl of Liverpool." " MELBOURNE." THE HARVEST. The Devonshire Chronicle states its belief that taking the whole produce of the West of England, the crop will be below the usual average—adding, however, that in the cold parts of the county, where the harvest is always late, should the present auspicious weather continue, the crops of grain in these situations will be considerable ; but while they will be a great comfort to the inhabiti•nts, they will not much affect the market prices. The present has been a glorious week for the corn harvest ; many thousand loads of wheat and barley have been safely gathered in the primest condition. The wheat crop is thin, speaking generally, but the ear is well filled, and the quality of the grain excellent. The hop yards, except in two or three instances, continue to present the same deplorable apprance which they hav e done for several weeks past. The du ea ty for the Hereford district cannot reach 5,0001. —Hereford Time;. Two-thirds of the wheat of this district have been carried. That housed in barns it is feared may have g one i n too soon by a few d a y s . Th at stac k ed will, however, have a bet ter chance, as the air will pass through it. The ears are fine and heavy, and the grain remarkably full ; but it is expectel that the sample will be generally cold and tough. The oats of the neighbourhood are all down, and many have been car. tied. These have turned out even better than was expected, and are likely to yield heavily. Barley shows well, fast yield ing to the scythe, and bids fair to produce a good crop..-- Maidstone Gazette. The wheat in the neighbourhood of Kidbrook, Eltham, &c., has a very healthy appearance, and seems perfectly free from black. In many places some forward pieces of wheat have been carried. We noticed particularly last week, a field of wheat in the neighbourhood of Charlton, the straw of which, in many places, was five and six feet in height.— Greenwich: Gazette. Since our last there has been a manifest improvement in the weather, although it still continues broken and damp, with oc casional storms. On the whole, however, it has not been unfavourable to the ripening of the grain, and the crops pre sent a very improved appearance. No progress has been mado with the wheat harvest in this part of the country, and very little with that of spring corn. A few fields of oats have been cut, and many more will be cut next week, if the present fine weather should continue.—Carnarvon Herald. The crops in the Isle of Thanet have been almost all gathered; and in our more immediate neighbourhood much has been done to the clearing of the fields, though on some of the colder and poorer soils on the heights, there is still a tinge of green to be observed amongst the corn. Altogether, we expect nothing short of a fair average return; and, in support of this anticipation, NV 0 have to mention that a field Gf wheat of four acres at l3uckland Bottom, not the best of land,. which was cut down on Friday last, produced twenty-eight quarters, or seven quarters to the acre.--Dover Chronicle. Barley harvest has begun, and in a few days there will be several fields cut.—Aberdeen Herald. Yesterday (last Friday) the weather continued fine, though there was less warmth in the air than on the two previous days. Towards night-fall a mist came on, and continued until about ten this morning. It was not, however, sufficiently heavy to do any injury, and has been accompanied by considerable heat. The harvest in the neighbourhood of the city has been gene rally got in. The wheat crop is much better than was antici pated, and those of oats and barley are extremely good. There will be an abundant supply of potatoes.—Cuek Reporter. PRICE OF CORN.-THE HARVEST. The continuance of the favourable weather lately expe rienced appears to have damped the ardour of speculators in the Corn -market. The business to-day in Mark-lane was of very limited extent, and the buyers in proportion to the sellers few in number. Although the quotations continue on the de (lint', and further reductions in prices would be submitted to in order to effect sales, yet the indisposition of purchasers was difficult to be overcome. The decline upon best heavy and dry wheats during the week ending to-day is equal t 06,35. In 4s. per quarter, and upon inferior sorts fro d m ed ss. although t o - it bonded wheats operations are entirely suspended, displayed wheat may be expected that more activity oftli e d r u e t s; result theo ‘ f ivbi eh averag es tuey v, xPetta tions are entertained in some quarter. a iwill this b e e d w m e i e srs k tieb s ri li w se a i rt l l eh l radteeztfitelrerym. statei n e E t h u n t. rate th e ave l r t ag is cs a w fe il a l t b u r r i e ng w are, an otic n nine with t; e . have been, by noet f h e n ra. , . l . e u e o a f t d h u a t t y th t e o f l e s t . n p e e , r s m"" equa ll ysa s anguine high • . speculators on the Corn Exchange with . _respect 0 the continuance would b'.: content to be as sured• rage of 60s. per worthy of quar'..er for the best sorts of an mire r_at of the new growth clarity , the of present prices. which come to market ts, ger.crally agreed to be of a bet- It is said they '.cs at a similar period of last. and should the ‘rea tj .ier remain without material yetis year, ill; great part of the present month, it is believe.) not on'. y that the crop will turn out to be a fair t w i t :: the quality of the wheat will be considerably ter quality t P :ia c r: el tl: t e y n e : üb: e Itli s at u i: p e' i; fg i o n er ti bh o ue that of the last harvest. —Times. Such another week as the last will effectually set the wheat harvest free from all danger. One-half of the crop, it is. calculated, is safely housed, and a week or ten days more of t vx ll :a o r l i a p te ar h ts ril e li f atnhtewk,ivat;bam....mur c u rw . illdot n h iu9 e same for the most back- Herald. LI a title a of 25 3 ban ; 1 011. does n io. NV. 'O l l tbeti Jt 51( $ d t" e. , of ), es' toc l ‘' 'b e 0 , 4 0 11 °ls seed C s ' e ! t r inf r.,„, o r th e ' e ato' a i" 'ed op r0g,,,e,5 ~.